Comparison between historical
personalities should, as a rule, always be treated with caution
even if given life circumstances are similar; an example of this
might be ‘comparisons’ made between the legendary Empress Elisabeth
of Austria and the late Diana, Princess of…
A study of the books owned by someone can
open a window into their interests, and a royal personage no less
so. In so doing, the reading material of the last Empress of
Russia, Alexandra Feodorovna (1872-1918) charts important events in
her life and tells us a lot about what she saw as significant to
keep, or take with her to Russia; her books crucially incorporated
her old life into the new…
Many royal watchers and fans dream of
coming face-to-face with a member of the British Royal Family but
there is likely a lot of uncertainty about how to act and what to
do when and if that dream finally comes true. If you’ve ever found
yourself wondering whether or not to…
It’s the cake that keeps on giving. The
flower strewn bake that took centre stage at the wedding of the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on April 29th 2011 still makes its
presence felt with slices of it popping up at auction with what
seems like an almost metronomic regularity. But then there was
plenty to go round as this was a whopper of a cake. Standing eight
tiers tall and weighing in at over…
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, was
the first of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh’s children to wed and
she was also the first to contract a second marriage. For both
ceremonies, she chose striking outfits which would take their own
places in royal wedding…
The relationship of Henry VIII to the
death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth of York, raises possible
interesting psychological theories about his behaviour towards the
six women he later married. These are fascinating to suggest, but
will only ever remain speculative, especially because on this
subject, the King himself was silent. Although his mother died when
Henry was just a child, the death of…
